It’s impossible to predict which paintings will last and which won’t. In New Orleans I painted on a dilapidated shop in a street littered with abandoned cars and rotting mattresses, then two hours later the piece was gone. It turned out I’d picked the side of a crack house and the proprietor didn’t like the attention.
BANKSYYou’re mind is working at its best when you’re being paranoid. You explore every avenue and possibility of your situation at high speed with total clarity.
More Banksy Quotes
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I used to encourage everyone I knew to make art; I don’t do that so much anymore.
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I used to encourage everyone I knew to make art; I don’t do that so much anymore.
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A recent survey or North American males found 42% were overweight, 34% were critically obese and 8% ate the survey.
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I originally set out to try and save the world, but now I’m not sure I like it enough.
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One Original Thought is worth 1000 Meaningless Quotes.
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Not everyone will understand your journey. That’s okay. You’re here to live your life, not to make everyone understand.
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Some people represent authority without ever possessing any of their own.
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At this time of year it’s easy to forget the true meaning of Christianity – the lies, the corruption, the abuse.
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I tell myself I use art to promote dissent, but maybe I am just using dissent to promote my art. I plead not guilty to selling out. But I plead it from a bigger house than I used to live in.
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A lot of people never use their initiative because no-one told them to.
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Live as a villain, die as a hero
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People seem to think if they dress like a revolutionary they don`t actually have to behave like one.
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I’d been painting rats for three years before someone said ‘that’s clever it’s an anagram of art’ and I had to pretend I’d known that all along.
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Film is incredibly democratic and accessible, it’s probably the best option if you actually want to change the world, not just re-decorate it.
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When you go to an art gallery you are simply a tourist looking at the trophy cabinet of a few millionaires.
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